Pathways Community Hospice provides patients the opportunity to spend the remaining months of life's final journey in familiar surroundings...alert and free of pain...among the people and things they love. We are dedicated to making this possible.
Hospice care is not provided by one person alone. Pathways Community Hospice utilizes a team of highly qualified professionals from many disciplines and experienced Hospice volunteers. All team members specialize in easing the physical, emotional and spiritual pain that often accompanies a life-threatening illness.
The members of our Hospice Team consists of:
* physician of the patient's choice
* registered nurse
* social worker
* spiritual caregiver
* grief counselor
* home health aide
* medical director
* volunteer
* Registered Dietician
* physical, occupational or speech therapists
The patient and family are always at the center of the Pathways Community Hospice Team.
The Hospice team works closely with the patient's personal physician to ensure coordination and continuity of care. The following Hospice services are provided in the comfort of the patient's home or nursing home:
* Professional nursing to help plan and carry out day-to-day care, including state-of-the-art pain and symptom management.
* Coordination of medications, medical equipment and medical supplies.
* Hospice aides to provide additional help with personal care and hygiene.
* Skilled counseling in regard to end-of-life issues.
* Occupational, Speech and Physical Therapies, if needed, for palliative care.
* Registered Dietician
* Medical Social Services to link families with financial, legal or other social resources.
* Spiritual care provided by the Hospice Chaplain, in coordination with the family's own religious network.
* Trained volunteers to offer services to families, including respite care, assistance with household tasks and errands.
* Bereavement program, including individual and group work.
* Coordination of short-term inpatient care for pain and symptom management and for respite care.
* The Hospice Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.